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VOL. XIX.— NO. 336.
BULLETIN OF
FttE BT. PfirfX Gl^Oß^.
TUESDAY, DEC. 1, ISiMJ.
Weather for Today—
• Fair, Slightly Marnier.
PAGE 1.
Dlx.-istroiis Flood on the Chippewn.
lit re ft Sentenced.
]\ews of (he \orthwest.
Weyler Heady to Strike a Blow,
tireai Plans for Carnival.
I* AGE 2.
Ts-hJijx In Operation Again.
Ko December ray for Police.
l)il)'s Soci.Ml Event*.
PAGE .1.
£!in n«*a jiolis Matters.
Afinirs of Sttllwnter.
Bryan oji the Mains of Silver.
PAGE 4.
Editorial.
BuKiaes* }i»>n Interview Davis.
PAGE Bt
Fit« Accents Stuart's Offer.
Fltx-Sfcarlcey Filth < Wednesday.
St. Andrew's Sooirfles Meet.
I'AtiE «.
ltiir Silver, •>.fc.
Cnsh Wheat in Chicago, SI 3-4 c.
Stocks Sold Oii.
PAGE 7.
Bad set Debate In lU-iihst:; -.
Wants oi the People.
PAGE .s.
fcews oi the Courts.
Shortage, for Election Expenses,
EVENTS TODAY.
Met ropol i tan — Dorcas, s.IfJ.
Grand— Tne Dnzzier, JS.IS.
Market Hall — Anna Eva Fay. 8.
1 nit- dm re b— fairies' Revel, 8.
Cits Hall— Council, 8.
Conover Hall — Concert, N.
MOVESaUSKTS OF STEAMSHIPS.
NEW YORK, Nov. Ml— Arrived: Poiumer
anian, Glasgow; Armenia. Hamburg; Fur
nesßia, Glasgow. Sailed: Havel, Bremen.
HAVRE— Arrived : La Touraine, New York.
SOUTHAMPTON— Arrived: Nomadic, Liver
pool.
It's a trifle unprofessional for Bra
zilian insurgents to rise again. Cuba
has the floor.
The coal man and the ice man are
not worrying over this overproduction
In the ice crop.
In spite of the general revival of
trade the mercury continues to find
business quite depressed.
— : '—.
Marlborough finds It Is costly to get
a royal flush. He paid $100,000 for en
tertaining: the Prince of Wales.
much colder it wlfl be for numerous
Republican statesmen March 4!
«»_
Minneapolis hasn't been able to hatch
u]> a real murder case for some time,
but is making brave attempts at it.
Will Mr. Weyler please take a rest
and give Grover a chance at the type
writer to prepare his annual message?
Mr. Lommen may be thankful that it
only cost him $487 to find out just how
popular he was in the Seventh district.
Old Boreas needn't have been In such
a hurry to iill his contract for material
for the ice palace. There was plenty of
time.
Two Chicago robbers used a gas pipe
in a hold-up. From their ability in that
line it is a plain case that they were
plumbers.
It's a little too chilly at Canton now
for lawn parties, but those attending
are all hopeful of being taken in out
of the cold.
Now that the football season is over
the barber will get work enough to
enable him to negotiate for a -Christ
inas present.
As a Christmas present St. Paul will
again give police and other officials tru>
marble heart. There is siiortagc in cash
f< r I >< cember salaries.
The disastrous results of a bull in a
china shop are well known, but what
will occur now that the Russian bear
has his paws on China?
What's in a name? There may be
nothing, but the cognomen H. H.
Holmes seems to be deadly. A Boston
man of that name comes to the front
Wtf a murderer.
One of the oddities of the Raines law
in New York is that the old jail at
W< st Brighton is doing duty as a
"hotel." It makes a specialty of ac
commodations for plain drunks.
The records daily tell of boys
"drowned while skating." The ice sport
is becoming a serious craze when the
youth of the land cannot stop skating
long enough even to get drowned.
China's emperor has found quite an
original method of keeping the royal
exchequer replenished by docking Li
Hung Chang a year's salary every
week or two. It's fun for the em
peror, but not for Li.
EJ'Otion of members of the sobranje
In Bulgaria resulted in a great govern
ment victory. Incidentally the govern
ment troops had to shoot down a few
\" ; .-»s. but that is a trivial incident
hardly worth mentioning.
-Mcea. —
0
Senator Sherman emphatically denies
that there is any deal between him and
!>':•! k Hanna.. Indeed, there is not,
t tor. Whenever Hanna makes up
his mind, senator, what he wants, he
will roach out and get it, and you won't
be consulted even in the smallest de
gree.
II may have been cold recently in the
banana, belt, but other sections are no
more fortunate.' From Wyoming comes
the story that ranchers are chopping
their fish dinners out of the creeks with
e.\' b, and from Louisiana the state
r enl is made that a hunter has been
found frozen to death.
THE SAINT PAUL GLOBE.
FLEE FW FLOOD
m ICE GOfJGE
SCORES OF FAMILIES ALOXG THE
CHIPPEWA DRIVE\ OIT ifiTO
THE COLD,
THEIR SUFFERINGS INTENSE.
IT IS FEARED THAT MAW VIC
TIMS MAY XOT HAVE BBKI
RESCUED.
WATERS THREATEN CITIES.
ALREADY FLOORS OF MAXV
HOUSES AT CIHPPEWA FALLS
AHE COVERED.
EAL" CLAIRE IX GREAT PERIL.
Break!** of the Gorgre Would Mean
Devastation All Along the
Valley.
; Special to the Globe.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis., Nov. 30.— The
j flood situation in this city is not con
sidered critical by lumbermen and river
men. They say there is no cause for
\ alarm unless the weather ;i*->derates.
I This feeling of security does not exist
among the residents in the lower part
of the city. The anxiety is caused
from the existence of a series of ice
gorges between here and Chippewa
Falls on the Chippewa river. The larg
est jam is about two mies. above the
| heart of the city and a mile above the
i Delia dam. It is said to be from twen
ty to forty feet in depth and has formed
a complete dam. The low lands above
j this clear to Chippewa Falls are under
water. The reservoir of the water
works company is covered by twelve
feet of water. At Badger mills the mill
property and residences are under
water. The tracks of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul road at this place
are also submerged. Should there be
a thaw and these gorges give way
j suddenly, the flood would surpass many
| times that of '84. Owing to the water
j being held by the jams the river at
j this place has fallen about four feet
in the past twelve hours. Reports from
above at 6 p. m. state a rise of nine
inches per hour.
A tale of suffering was brought to
j tlijs city by Andrew Suter and John
L-angdon, of Durand, tonight, who
drove into town. Suter says that the
bottom lands on both sides of Durand j
: are flooded, and early Sunday morning
many families had to flee from their
beds in scanty night robes to places of
; Safety. Many are reported as having j
( feet and limbs frozen. An engine and '
j coach was sent out from Durand to
• day and gathered up about fifty unfor
tunates, but sof ast was the water !
j rising that the train had to return. It |
is thought that some of the people were i
; not reached by the rescuing party. It I
is not known whether any human be
ings have been lost or not. Many do- j
mestic animals, however, were seen in
j the water frozen stiff.
A dispatch received by the Leader
from Chippewa Falls at 11:30 p. m. |
states that the water there fell one
foot in an hour, but the next hour had
| risen a foot and a half. The rise was
I caused by the breaking of a jam at
Little Falls dam. Gorges are reported
at Flambeau and other settlements
north of Little Falls. The water
• at Chippewa Falls is seventeen and
j one-half feet above low water. Irvine,
| a suburb, is submerged, and some of
the lower streets in Chippewa Falls
I are under water.
DEVASTATION IS THREATEXED.
Breaking of the Gorge Would Mean
Ruin to the Valley.
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis., Nov. 30.
— An immense ice gorge thirty feet high i
has formed across the Chippewa river
! below this city, and tonight farms and
I farm buildings along six miles of the
I Chippewa Falls are under water. The
flood is being added to at the rate of
six inches hourly, and before morning
unless the gorge breaks this city will
'be partly under water. At 9 o'clock
I tonight basements of all buildings on
i Spring street are flooded, arid in some
instances floors are under water. Peo-
I pie living in or occupying business i
j houses in the lower part of the city j
I are hastily removing their personal ef- J
fects to higher ground. In ISS4 a sim
ilar flood occurred, causing a loss cf i
many thousands of dollars. A freat
deal of railway property is threatened,
and many highway and railway bridges
will probably be swept away.
Below the immense gorge the river
, is practically dry, and when the jam
i breaks the body of water in the reser
j voir must carry destruction to the val- !
ley below. Eau Claire has every r* a- j
son to feel apprehension, as its danger j
begins when that of Chippewa Tails I
has parsed. Between the hours of 6 !
! and 10 a. m. today the water rose six |
! feet, when there was a temporary j
I abatement. At 6 tonight there had j
I been an average rise during the day cf j
six inches an hour. The gorge is five
miles long.
At Irvine the Wisconsin Central rail.
! way is under water, and the electric j
; light plant partly flooded, so that the j
town is in darkness.
DIKE IS ISELESS.
Stevens Point Threatened With In
nndntion,
STEVENS POINT, Wts., Nov. SO.—
The water in the Wisconsin river at
i this point is the highest at present that
it las been in the history of this city.
: At present the streets for several
| block* are flooded and last night the
I people in the flooded districts carried
I all their gooda to upper stories. A
TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1, 18 (i.
dike was built a number of years ago
for the protection of a larger part of
the residence portion of the city but
this has now fallen into disrepair, and
if the threatened flood comes hun
dreds of families will be compelled to
seek shelter on higher grounds.
SETTLERS SUFFERED.
Storm Wa« Severe on the Dakoto
Prairies.
FARGO, N. P., Nov. 30.— Fuller reports of
the late storm show it to have been far mere
serious than was at flrsi anticipated. With
two rotary rxginea wcik>ng cut of Fa? go on
the Northern Pacific since Saturday morning,
No. 4 snowed in. f.ve miles east of Villey
City, was just reached at 10 o'clock this
morning. Only half a mile was cleared ?oo
terday. Drifts in the cuts are from six io
fourteen feet deep, and frozen like ice mixed
with sand. Dynamite is used to loosen it up.
The Southwestern branch to Lisbon :in.l
Edgeley Is stili frozen up, and people in towns
along the line are out of wood and ooal, and
there seems no prospects of opening up rise
road for three or four days. Small towns
along the main line are also out of fuel. In
the wreck of a snow plow this morning John
Tollman, fireman, had a leg broken, head
badly scalded and received serious internal
injuries.
PEMBINA, N. D., Nov. 30.— District court
meets tomorrow. Before the late tc-rrib.e
blow, snow had fallen to the tkpth of four
feet on a \c\--il, the heaviest fall ever knjrtii
at this time of year. Now that the wind has
taken it, there are drifts clear over many
houses in this section.
JAMESTOWN, N. D., Nov. 30.— Jameslov/n
is snow-bound, with no prospect that railway
communication will be opened eastward for
some time yet. No mails have been rtctived
since Thursday. The mail trams stai-'-d at
Mandan are expected here this evening. The
road is reported open to H*<Jl>a. East o?
Jamestown a cut a mile an 1 a ball long is
drifted in thirty fret deep with frozen sn<'v.
All cuts are level full. Thy.-c is plenty of
fuel and provisions in the city to last for
some time, and there is no want nor suf
fering.
STEPHEN, Minn., Nov. 30.— Passenger
trains have been stuck in snow drifts. En
gineers and firemen have had to shovel snow
all night in the worst blizzard we have had
for years, in order to keep the engines alive.
Although but a short distance from the water
tank, they were unable to reach it.
Engineer Winaey'a machine was a sight
worth seeing. It was almost a solid mass of
ice and slow. The whole front, including
the pilot, boilerhead, headlight and smoke
stack, was practically a snow bank, and ice
had formed upon the wheels, rods and, in
fact, every conceivable portion of the bulky
machine. When it ran down the track for
waier and fuel, with the cars only 1,000 feet
away, the storm filled the track behind them,
and the engineer and fireman were compelled
to stay. No one dared trust himself in the
weather, and during the entire night the
two worked to keep the engine alive, and
shoveled snow in the hope of getting back to
the train. During the entire night they
worked steadily, and at the end of fourteen
hours they succeeded in getting back over
that 1,000 feet. They were hungry, tired and
frost-bitten. Mr. Winney's face is still swol
len from freezing, and Fireman Cowan's fin
geis and nose were also nipped.
The run to Crookston was made through
drifts which had to be bunked every few
rods, and the snow filled the cab so as to
require constant shoveling. Fosstonites will
be without mail for five days.
ABERDEEN, S. D.. Nov. 30.— Intense cold
weather has succeeded the blizzard. It was
2G degrees below last night.
PIERRE, S. D.. Nov. 30.— Cattle men say
the loss on the Sioux range will be light if
there is any. The cattle are all right and have
drifted into gulches and draws. They are in
good shape to stand the storm, and wliat dam
age has resulted is in the way of covering up
feed and making It hard for the stock the
reat of the wlr.ter.
BARNESVILLE, Minn., Nov. 30.— Traffic
west of here has been completely stopped
for two days. An engine and snow
plow left here Sunday to open the line to
Grand Forks. A large number of freight
and passenger trains are stalled here, and in
consequence the hotels are reaping quite a
harvest. About one-third of the regular
tiains are running to St. Paul from here.
Xo train from the West has reached here
since Wednesday.
BISMARCK, N. D., Nov. 30.— The North
ern Pacific is still b'ocaded. Its coast train,
which should have reached Minneapolis on
Thursday is stuck in a snow drift at New
Salem, forty miles west of here, and cannot
move until a rotary snow plow clears the
track. In soir.s deep cuts snow is drifted on
the track to a depth of fifty feet. A coal
famine prevails here, and there will be suf
fering unless relief is afforded at once. No
services were held in the different churches
yesterday, and the fuel on hand was distrub
uted among the pcor.
STORM'S VICTIMS.
Another at Devil's Lake Boiy of
Anderson Found. '
MOORHEAD, Minn.. Nov. 30.— The body of
Thomas Anderson; the spventeen-year-old'bov
who lost his way during the blizzard Thanks
giving night, was found by August Probst, a
farmer, this morning, within a quarter of a
mile of the Daniels house. Anderson had
covered his head with his overcoat, loosened
his clothing and huddled up to keep warm.
He wore no overshoes and one of his mittens
was missing. He had become bewildered and
traveled away from town, in the opposite di
rection from his home.
DEVIL'S LAKE, N. D., Nov. 30.— A report
was received this morning that J. H. Pu!i.er
son. a prominent farmer, residing at Leeds,
was frozen to death in the storm. Stock suf
fered much and a large number of horses,
etc., were frozen. The passenger trains from
the East due Wednesday night arrived last
night.
CARRIXGTON, N. D.. Nov. 30.— D. C. Mc-
Kf>e\-er, a farmer, was found yesterday north
cf Kensei.. frozen to death.
CASHIER EM>S LIFE.
Feared Insanity and Preferred the
Grave.
GRAND FORKS. Nov. 30.— M.Sanager. cash
ier of the Bank of Fisher. Minn., yesterday
went to a building in the rear of his resi
dence and shot himself through the temple
dying instantly, while his wife was getting
breakfast. He left a note on the dresser stat
ing that the strain was greater than he could
bear, and he felt he was going insane. He
has been ill (or a year past with nervous
prostration. His mother died in an insane
asylum and his father committed suicide in
AHainakpe county, lowa.
The affairs of the bank never were in
better shape. He was snow-bound in this
city Wednesday night to Saturday night.
He is a Mason and an Odd Fellow. The
funeral will be held at Waukon, 10.
KHEFT SEXTKNCED.
Twelve Years nnd £ix Months for
the Crime of Manslaughter.
Special to the Globe.
FAIRMOXT. Minn., Nov. 30.— 1n the case
of the State of Minnesota against Carl Kreft
for ths murder cf Oliver Wilbur last Janu
ary, the jury having brought in a verdict of
manslaughter in the second degree, Judge
IS. J. Severance sentenced Carl to the stato
prison for twelve years and six months.
Mnrderer Breaks Jail.
JUXEAV, Wis., Not. 30.— William Zelner,
a young man who was awaiting trial iji the
county jail here on a charge of murdering
; Mrs. Beecher in Lebanon last July, escaped
from jail last evening. It is evident that he
was assisted by persons outside. He was in
cue of the central cells in the cage, and suc
| ceeded in sawing through two of the bars.
1 He went iuto the large corridor and waited
| till the sheriff came Io to lock the cells for
' the night. When the sheriff entered, Zelner
secreted himself behind one of the doors and
! escaped. A posse immediately started in
| pursuit, but so far no trace of the murderer
! can be found. Zelner would have been
I lynched at the time of the murder, but he
; remained in a swamp two weeks before giv
ing up.
Bishop Loses His Case.
SUPERIOR. Wis.. Not. 30.— Judge Vinje, in
circuit court today, granted the defendant's
motion for a dismissal In the ease of J. S.
Bishop against the assessors in the city of
Superior. Bishop instituted mandamus pro
ceedings to compel the asse-sors to plaw; upon
the tax rolls of the city the elevator plcnt
of the Great Northern. The case was on
trial for four days, and the plain thT had
finished Its side when ihe motion for ui.snrssal
was granted.
STORM IN NEBRASKA.
Damage to Stock Not as SerioitM as
"Was Anticipated.
OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 30.— Final details
of the great storm that has enveloped
Nebraska for six days were received
today. Much stock has perished on the
extreme western range, where there
were few ravines in which the animals
could take shelter. The aggregate is
not so large as anticipated, however,
and, though the severe weather con
tinues, it is bright and the snow is
rapidly disappearing, A peculiar fea
ture of the great storrd is the efficient
manner in which delay las been avoid
ed by railroads centeri: g here. Though
great quantities of sn w fell between
I Omaha and the mountains, the sez'vice
! was uninterrupted. The Union Pacific's
I overland limited was not delayed
1 at any point between- here and San
j Francisco. The officials are confident
! they have solved the problem of han
: dling fast trains legardless of heavy
• snows, which, in former times, Imped
ed traffic. _____
Winona Frozen In.
I Special to the Globe.
I WINONA, Minn., l 5«. I.— Th? Mississippi
I river froze over last night for the first time
, this year. The portion of the channel, where
it i? very swift and narrow, by the bridges, is
j still open, but above and below, and from
I the sandbar to the opposite shore, the river
lis frozen. La;t year it froze over here Dec. 4,
I but reopened, not freezing solidly until Dec.
j 29. '
Recounting the Vote.
Special to the- Globe.
PIERRE, S. D., Nov. 30.— The canvassing
board of Stanley county meet this afternoon
I for the purpose of recounting the returns of
j that county on the congressional and electoral
i tickets. The precinct returning board credit
! Ed twenty-three votes for Kelly, the Populist
! candidate for congress to Kelly, the Pro
j hibition candidate for elector.
Snow Plow In Collision.
VALLEY CITY, N. !>., Nov. 30.— 1n a col
lision this morning near here on the North
; crn Pacific between a train and a snow plow,
Hans Hanron. section foreman, of Wheatland.
was killed and four others were seriously in
jured.
Wisconsin's Vote.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Nov. 30.— The com
; plete vote of Wisconsin was as follows: Mc
[ Kinlev, 260,144; Bryan, 165,520; Levering
6,802; Palmer, 4. £55.
Bfc _.
ARBITRATION SUGGESTED.
Plan Put Forward to End the Ham
burg Doelt Strike.
HAMBURG, Nov. 30.— A letter signed
by Senator Hachman, the chief of po
lice; Sigmund Hinrlehsen, the presi
dent of the municipal council, and Dr.
Noack, chairman of Trades court, has
been sent to Count yon Elm, a member
of the reichstag. to the representatives
of the strikers and to Laessiz, a ship
owner, representing the employers, ap
pealing to them to have the dockers'
! dispute arbitrated, and suggesting that
a court, composed of themselves, be
appointed for this purpose, and that its
I decisions should require the support of
i at least Bix out of eight votes.
The Hamburg- American steamship
company, which had ordered the steam
ship Adria from Baltimore to go to
Nordenham to discharge her cargo on
account of the strike, has since in
structed that ste;i!-i>-blp to come to
HnTrht>r«- n-her^ 11 ;^ "''l. *he> ir.flm:
of foreign laboi \ ill "enable them to
unload the steamship. The engineers
of the harbor steamers and tugs de
mand an increase of wages or they will
j strike tomorrow. The workmen on th^
j state quays have also decided to stop
work if they are asked to discharge
the steamers of the Hamburg-Amer
ican company.
Two steamers have arrived here from
I England and Denmark with non-union
I laborers to take the places of the
strikers. The Heidmann Coal firm has
dismissed all strikers today. The mas
j ters have rejected the warehousemen's
! demands and they refuse to negotiate.
! The wages committee for the sail
makers of Hamburg and Altona have
pledged themselves not to aid the mas
ters. Many grain handlers, however,
I have resumed work.
At midnight an excited meeting of
I the river engineers decided to go out
on a strike In the morning.
LIRERI \ PAID UP.
Xegro RopnbJie Breillat to Time by
an English Cruiser.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 30.— The steam
ship Batanga arrived here from the
west coast of Africa and reports that
. H. M. S. Alecto had arrived at Grani
Ilarsa and had inquired into the out
rages committed by Siberians. Some
time since citizens of the negro repub
lic of Liberia maltreated natives of the
British colony of Sierra Leone, living
in Grand Barsa, and destroyed their
houses. The Alecto made a demand
upon Liberia for $1,000 indemnity, and
on the Liberians hesitating to comply
with the demand, it is stated, the com
mander of the Alecto threatened to
land sailors unless the indemnity was
paid by noon on the morrow. The Li
berians paid the required sum the next
me r ring.
DIAZ'S FIFTH TERM.
Mexican President to Take the Oath
Of Office Today.
CITY OF MEXICO, Xov. 30.— Gen. Diaz will
take the oath of office tomorrow as president
of the republic, making five terms in the
chief magistracy. He is in robust health and
his programme for the ensuing four y.-ars fol
-1 lows substantially his policy dv.-ing this term,
j with especial emphasis to be given popular
I education. He will, if he lives, show ft the
I end of his term, which concldiea tJic ctn
-1 tury, several railways crossing Mexico from
sea to sea gigantic port works %ni\ hundreds
of new factories. The government will ttiek
to the silver standard, as being, in the I'Pin'on
of the administration, one best adapted to this
country and as affording it at the |,ref.«nt
rate of exchange an immense protection to
home industries, while at the same lime se
curing for its exports gold premium which
j operates as a bounty to tropical plume-;.'.
It is believed Gen. Diaz may go around the
I world during the coming year, .is the alTairs
; of Mexico are in a prosperous cond : cinn.
CHOATE FOR SENATOR.
; New York Lnwjer Sow in, the Hands
of Friends.
NEW YORK, Nov. 30.— Joseph H. Choate
is a candidate for the United States senate.
! His friends have made him so, and he has
I said to them that he will sot repudiate any
I honorable efforts made in his behalf, even
If success should not crown them. This is
a declaration which mentis a contest in
earnest that will not cease until the legisla
ture has balloted. Some Republicans, anxious
that a worthy New Yorker should be chosen
to succeed David B. Hill, met at the office
of Gen. Sam Thomas ypsterday and cast
about for a candidate, and litre Mr. Choate
made the statement substantially given
above. After some hours of consultation, the
j party of bankers, merchants and lawyers
I present unanimously decided u^on Mr. Choate.
CATHOLICS SATISFIED.
Such Is the Report of Minister
Tavtc After Investigation.
OTTAWA. Ont., Nov. 30.— Hon. John I.
I Tarte returned here tonight, after spending
six weeks traveling thxuDgh Manitoba, the
; Northwest and British Columbia. The prin
i cipal object of the minister's visit was to
finally complete the school settlement and 10
i prepare the French eiifareoa and Catholics of
j the West for the nature, of the terms, seeing
i that separate schools were to be refused.
Mr. Tarte stated tonight that the Catholic
laity were all in favor of the settlement, an>l
that it was everywhere being well received
outside of Archbishop Langevin and a Jew
extremists, who were desirous of stirring up
political strife in Quebec.
BATTLE AT HAfID
WEYLER WITHIN STRIKING DIS
TANCE OF THE MAIN BODY OF
INSURGENTS.
NOTHING YET ACCOMPLISHED.
FULL DETAILS OF THE CAPTAIN
GENERAL'S OPERATIONS AT
THE FRONT.
CUBANS AVOIDING ENCOUNTERS.
Forces of the Spanish Commander
Marched Up and Down Plnar
Del Rio Highways.
HAVANA, Nov. 30.— Details of the
movements of Gen. Weyler reached I
here today. At 2 o'clock, during the |
afternoon, Thursday, he left Artemisa,
following the advance guard of his col- j
umns, flanked by squadrons from the
principal regiments. He was accom
! panied by Gen. Ruiz, who commanded
a brigade, and by Gen. Escribano, his
chief of staff, and the aides de camp.
The Spanish forces followed the high- j
way, and little else but ruins, ashes, j
dynamited culverts and desolation were j
seen in place of the once picturesque
landscape. Twßce the columns were
compelled to halt and it was not until
7 o'clock the same evening that the
| troops arrived at River Bayet, five
I miles from Candelaria. By that time
| darkness had already set In, and the col
unm camped there for the night and
made an interesting spectacle, camp
fires burning brightly on all sides, the
cooks preparing supper while the sol
diers not thus employed hunted for
fuel, marked out the camp lines, helped
put up the tents and washed, brushed, i
oiled or polished away the stains of I
travel left by the day's march.
The captain general was very gra
cious to Gen. Escribano, and to the cor- j
respondent of El Imparcial, of Madrid
Who as a very great favor was allowed
to accompany the troops operating
against Antonio Maceo.
At 5 o'clock the next morning the I
reveille was sounded, breakfast was
hastily prepared and at 6 o'clock the !
column resumed its march to Cande
laria, the highway still being followed.
Some time later the troops reached a i
spot where an engagement had evident- '
ly been fought with the insurgents, and I
it soon became known that it was j
I where the Spanish forces under Gen. j
i Segura met the enemy under Maceo, on
February 7.
The troops, on Friday last, found the
bridge, near that spot, destroyed by
fire, and the highway being thus im
! passable, the columns made a detour,
j camped for the night at a convenient
j place near the river Calvres and en-
I tered San Cristobal at 9 o'clock the
I next morning. There they found all
; the houses decorated and were wel
j corned with enthusiasm by a crowd of
J people. The column were afterwards j
drawn up in the main street, where j
they wei'e inspected by the captain gen- I
oral.
The Spanish commander, after a j
brief chat with Gen. Segura, who is in '
command at San Cristobal, left that j
town going westward. Before so doing,
however, Gen. Weyler expressed great
satisfaction at the behavior of the
troops on the march, saying he was
much pleased to notice that there had |
not been a break in the columns from
the time of leaving Artemisa until they
arrived at San Cristobal.
During the past week, a column of |
troops led by Gen. Obregon nas been I
j reconnoitering in the direction of Sa- !
bana. Another column, commanded by i
Gen. Segura, has been operating in
: the direction of Puercos Gordos and a
I third column, under the command of
Gen. Hernandez, has been feeling for
j the enemy in the vicinity of Macurijes.
! But after five days of toilsome work,
I the commanders of the three columns
j reported that the insurgents were not
to be found, although they have recent
ly destroyed a number of prefectures
j and country dwellings. Reconnoiter
ing extended from the railroad to the
coast. Quite a quantity of cattle was
found, but of the insurgents nothing |
material was seen. Quintin Hernandez,
classed as a "rebel incendiary," was
shot this morning outside of Cabanas
fortress.
La Lucha, commenting upon the let- |
ter from Fitzhugh Lee Jr., son of the |
United States consul general, asserting j
that his father was not responsible for j
much of the talk attributed to him in
newspapers in the United States, says:
"The general talks what and when he
likes. That we already know here, but
there are many persons in Cuba and In
the United States who do not know it."
As the result of several skirmishes,
i the insurgents have had two captains
and seventeen privates killed. The
troops have had three killed and nine
wounded.
If it is true that Antonio Maceo is
in the vicinity of ConsolacJon del j
Norte, as reported, then Gen. Weyler j
' should by this time be within strik- j
: ing distance of the Insurgents.
PURCHASE STORY DENIED.
i Count Miranda Says There Is No j
Truth in the Tale.
MADRID, Nov. 30.— The Count of i
Case-Miranda, the husband of Chris- j
i tine Nilsson, the singer, who is sai<l j
j to be the "confidential man" of the
! Bpanlsh premier, Senor Canovas del
i Castillo, flatly denies the statements*
! made by Senor Annas-Cardenas, in a
I pamphlet published in the United |
I States November 26, the substance of i
j which, as cabled to Europe, is that j
j Cardenas met Miranda in Paris and ■
i Madrid last summer, and by Miranda's ;
! instrumentality submitted to Castillo a |
scheme to purchase the Island of Cuba i
for $100,000,000. In an interview bo
j tween Castillo and Cardenas, the for
; rmr is said to have rejected the propo
! sition with scorn and to have dls
-1 dainfully remarked, referring to the |
i United States: "A nation of shop- j
keepers guarantee the word of Spain?" |
Case-Miranda says he has not had i
any relations with Annas-Cardenas,
author of the pamphlet, for several
j years past.
CAPTURE OF GUAMARO.
Details Received by the Junta From
Gen Garcia.
NEW YORK, Nov. 30.— President
Palma, of the Cuban junta, has re
ceived a letter from the camp of Gen. i
Calixto Garcia, giving details of the
capture of Guamaro by the insurgents.
The letter says that not only did Gar
tia's army capture the town, but
enough arms and ammunition to fit out
I -500 recruits.
Gen. Garcia's forces numbered near-
Ily 5,000 men. He attacked the fort,
using the two cannons with good ef- j
feet. He drove the Spanish troops
from their position and occupied tht
town, which was later destroyed by tne
torch. In the battle, 180 Spaniards were j
taken prisoners. Arms and amniuni- j
tion captured were 125,000 cartridges,
] 200 Mauser rifles, 160 Remington rifles
j and two field pieces.
Gen. Garcia says his men have not
suffered from the yellow fever and art
lln first-class condition and have a
PRJCE TWO CENTS- -{^SciiVn'
good supply of ammunition. He will
not, as the reports have said, march
westward to join Gen. Maceo, but will
remain in Puerto Principe.
INDEPENDENCE OF CUBA.
Senator Bacon, of Georgia, Favors
Radical Action.
ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 30.— United
States Senator O. A. Bacon, of Macon,
arrived here this afternoon. He said: !
"Unless opinion has changed very ma- j
terially and I do not believe that it
has, there is an undoubted majority in
the present house and senate in favor
of what some might call radical ac
tion—that is, independence of the Re
public of Cuba being recognized by the
American congress. I am not a mem
ber of the foreign relations committee,
and do not know whether the Republi
can majority will prevent action until ,
McKinley is inaugurated, but 1 am in j
favor of the independence of Cuba, will
BO vote and believe that a majority will I
do likewise if the opportunity is pre
seated."
Sick Soldier Shot.
HAVANA, Nov. 30.— At 9 o'clock this morn
ing a sick soldier In the Havana military hos
pital, while looking out of a window, was shot
by a sentinel who had been ordered to pie
vent the inmates from looking our, inasmuch !
as some persons who had been imprisoned for !
political offenses were in the hospital. The I
sentinel thought the soldier was one of these I
political prisoners iftt«npting to escape.
Another Tobacco Order.
TAiMPA., Fla., Nov. 30.— Private advices |
from Havana received today are to the effect
that Weyler will soon issue another to
bacco order, prohibiting the exportation of
"remedios " tobacco from the Island. This '
was not included in his other order, and a
great deal has been exported.
AX.VEXATIOX ESSENTIAL.
Hawaiian Situation Again Discussed '
by Ex-Secretary Foster.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.— John W. !
Foster, former secretary of state, has j
ltturned to Washington from a six !
weeks' visit to Hawaii, whither he went ;
as the representative of the Paciiic i
Cable company. In speaking of his j
visit Mr. Foster said:
"The condition of business in Hawaii j
is flourishing. The islands are proa- |
perous and their future is bright. The
Pacific Mail has recently doubled its
service, sending a steamer twice a I
month instead of once, as formerly, i
and a new line is soon expected to be j
established by the Japanese which will
touch at the islands on the way to Sap. :
Francisco. The people of Hawaii wish
to be annexed to the United States, j
The present government has the ap
proval of a majority of the native !
Hawaiians and there is no likelihood j
that there ever will be a restoration of
the monarchy. The English and Ger
man elements, however, are opposed
to annexation to the United States, be
cause they believe it will interfere with
their contract labor and so affect their
interests commercially. The present
government in its administration is
giving satisfaction. Yet this govern
ment is only temporary and the people
want to be annexed.
PERNICIOUS ACTIVITY.
Chargea Filed Ag-ainst One Hundred
Postmasters.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.— The presi
dent today appointed Charles Ray
mond, Vice David P. O'Leary, removed,
postmaster at Kvanston, 111. The old
postmaster at Evanston was charged
with going out of his jurisdiction to
sell stamps and postal supplies, co as
to Increase the receipts of his office and
raise his salary and allowances. This
is regarded as a serious violation of
the rules, to the detriment of adjacent
offices.
In the neighborhood of 100 postofflces
are involved in charges of pernicious
activity in politics now filed with Post- j
master General Wilson. They include j
a number of big offices against whose j
heads serious accusations are made, j
The policy of the postmaster general ;
has been to act as leniently as possible.
and make removals only Avhere neces
sary, and accordingly all the charges j
save half a dozen have so far been
ignored, though action on a number of
the others will shortly follow.
SUGAR TRUST TROI ULE.
Chapman, at Leant TeebalcnFly, j
Must Go io Jail.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. -The su- |
preme court has dismissed the writ of
error in the case of Everton R. Chap
man, the New York broker, charged
with violating the statutes in refus- i
Ing 1 to answer questions put by the <
senate sugar trust investigation com
miltee two years ago. This makes it i
necessary for Chapman to serve his I
sentence, at least technically. He will i
doubtless be promptly surrendered by j
his bondsmen, and the case again car
i-ied to the supreme court on habeas
corpus proceedings to test the constitu
tionality of the act on which the pros
ecution is based.
UNITED STATES LOANS.
History of Them Given by the Treas
ury Register.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.— J. Fount
Tiilman, the register of the treasury,
in his annual report gives a condensed
history of all of the loans of the Unitea
States from 1776 to June 30, 1895, nevei j
before fully published, together with ;
an extra copy of each obligation of the !
government from the year 1798 to th<i i
present time. The report shows that I
the premiums of loans of the United
States from 1798 to June 30. 1815,
amounted to $55,022,218 and the dis
counts and premiums paid on loans
amounted to $123,674,680. The eommis- j
Sibils paid on account of loans from I
lSßf> to June 30, ISSS, amounted to $12,- I
343,803.
Appropriation Billd.
WASHINGTON, Nov. SO.— The commlUee
work on the appropriation bills began today
In response to a call by Chairman Cannon,
of the" house committee, to the several sub
committees. Messrs. Dinßham, Hemingway
and McCall. constituting the subcommittee
on the legislative, executive and iUdlci-U ap
propriation bill, m.^t at the commlt^e toi>m
at 11 o'clock and began work on that b;U.
The members of the pension subcommittee
expect to begin work later today.
Glass to Be Retired.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.— 1t is known at
the navy department that Capt. Glass will
be retired from command of the Texas, and
it Is said this will occur "In the natural or
der of events." It is not stated whether or
not the charge is the result of the acci
dents to the vessels under his command.
TWO ENGINES BORROWED.
Receiver Braman Intends to Operate
HIM Road.
TOPEKA. Kas., Nov. 30.— D wight \
Braman, of New York, recently ap
pointed receiver of the St. Louis, Kan- [
sas & Southwestern railroad, has made
arrangements to operate the road, j
which was abandoned six weeks ago !
by the 'Frisco management. The line !
is 60 miles long from Fort Scott to ;
Anthony. Receiver Braman has enter- !
ed into traffic arrangements with the ■
Missouri Pacific and Santa Fe systems
and has rented two locomotives and a ''
sufficient number of freight cars and
passenger coaches from the Santa Fe !
and Union Pacific roads. Beginning i
next Thursday he will employ 100 men. \
Receiver Braman said today that the j
'Frisco management took everything in '■
sight when they abandoned the An- |
thony branch, "even down to hand- j
cars and coal shovels," and he declared j
that under his management, not one
carload of freight would be turned aver j
to the 'Frisco ro«d. j
piSfiijTou m ice
VH Tl RE«fQIE PROPOSITIOX FOB.
THE COMI\« ice CARMIVAXi
BROACHED LAST RIGHT.
RESTORE ATHENIAN GLORY
IH THE CRYSTALLINE PRODI CT OF*
A REAL, MIXXESOn \M\.
TKR.
CARMVAL DIRECTORS lii Sy
AVith the Detail of Amassing f or
the Festival of January mid
Febniiirj.
That the carnival directors propose
to go to work with a will and get right
. down to the business for which they
I organized was plainly t-\ id<-m at tt,*jV
j meeting of last evening in the parlors
|of the Commercial club. The attend
j ance was large and much Important
| business was disposed of, although
each matter was carefully discussed
and considered in Us turn. It mv
! generally agreed that the time loft f., r
work was short, and all present entered
earnestly into the proceedings without
consuming time squabbling over small
details. The few reports possible at so
early a date were concisely presented
and promptly acted upon, and the same
businesslike spirit characterized all the
action taken. In the absence of Presi
dent Schurmeier, Vice President Bowl
by occupied the chair, and upon calling
the meeting to order he requested T. D.
O'Brien to report for the committee do
incorporation. Mr. O'Brien stated that
as his committee was composed en
tirely of attorneys it had been con
cluded that they were merely expected
to consider the question of legality of
I incorporation and report to another
committee larger and more general in.
Its character, who would proceed with
the broader scheme of incorporation.
j His committee had decided that the as
j sociation could legally incorporate un
| der Title 2 of the act relating to in
j corporations, on the ground that its
I object was pecuniary profit, inasmuch
| as admission would be charged to enter
i the grounds and to use the skating
rinks, toboggan slides and similar eon
j vc-niences. Asked as to the liability of
j stockholders, if so incorpoiated. he ex
; plained that they would first be liable
i for the amount of stock subscribed,
and In case of insolvency for a second
sum equal to the amount of their stock.
lln case, however, the incorporation
j should prove to be illegal the stock
holders might perhaps be held liable
as partners. Mr. O'Brien further
j called attention to the fact that in
| case all the directors became incor
i porators, as was customary, the plan
I would involve much trouble and loss of
I time necessary in securing the signa
: tures cf 10S gentlemen. He therefore
: suggested that the extcuti\v
j tee be instructed to incorporate. Mr.
Scholle inquired if it would not be pos
sible to escape the possibility of double
j liability to stockholders by incorporat
i ing under the laws of West Virginia,.
; and W. E. Bramhal] replied that there
I would be no double liability if the as
sociation could incorporate under the
laws of either Maine or West Virginia,
but he was not prepared to say whether
this might legally be done.
On motion of Mr. Scholle the matter
was referred to the executive commit
tee, with power to act.
Isaac Lederer, of the committee on.
organization, reported that much en
thusiasm had been shown in regard to
the formation of carnival clubs, and
the Boston club, sixty members: La
fayette, forty-five members, and West
ern Union, sixty members, had already
reported as ready for duty. Beside
this the committee had received notice
that 200 of the students of the agri
cultural school were ready to sub
scribe 50 cents each to the caVnjviil
fund and organize as a carnival club,
and an effort was being made to re
organize the old Seven Corners club,
which was one of the features of the
carnivals of a few years ago. Mr.
Floan had reported to the committee
that he was organizing a ski club, and
an effort would be made to induce
some of the noted ski jumpers of the
world to attend the carnival. Maj. C.
A. Smith had promised the organiza
tion of a flambeau club among the
members of the militia, and Manager
George Lennon, of the Plymouth, stat
ed that the employes of his h^ust.
would organize. Harry Hope, of the
Omaha general offices, and J. Walter
Brown, of the P^lks, also promised
clubs.
Mr. Lederer advocated the idea of"
trying to induce all the large whole
sale and retail houses and the news
papers to form clubs. He said an ef
fort had been made to reorganize the
old Columbia and St. George Snow
Shoe clubs, but without success so far.
He conciuded his report by urging the
directors to organize at once them
selves and thus set an example to oth
ers. This suggestion was acted upon
at once and Mr. Meade was elected cap
tain of the Directors' club.
Col. R. M. Newport was called upon
to report as chairman of the commit
tee on finance, whose members had
been selected by the chairman, but not
yet presented. Mr. Newport, afte v
stating that he had no report to make,
declined the honor of the chairman
ship, on the ground of lack of time,
and requested that he be allowed to
name Ross Clarke in his place. He
said, however, he would— gladly serve
as a member of the committee and do
everything in his power to aid in its
important work. A motion permitting
the withdrawal of Col. Newport as
chairman, designating Mr. Clarke as
chairman of the committee and per
mitting the chairman to add from time
to time such names as he might deem
proper. Was adopted. The names o*
the committee were then read as fol
lows:
Ross Clarke. Col. R. M. Newport. C. 13.
Bowlby. Ed Whitaker, Wilbur Tibblls. L. L.
May. W. B. Bramhall. H. C. UcKalr, K.
Vanish. Dr. Robert Wheaton, B. Zimmer
man, George Benz, Andrew gchoch, Benjamin
Gooflkind. Robert. Song, B. Putnam, Frank
Huber. G. Scholle, Elmer Dearth. L. P.
Wilkes. John Barnes, Matt Jensen, H. Ilar
dick, Col. Welz, W. H. F&mhant, Gtotgs-
Whitehorne, P. S. Bryant, W. S. Morton, P.
D. Godfrey, P. G. Brady, John Rogers Jr.,
M. D. Munn, T. D. O'Bripn.
City Clerk Jensen, who had 1, r-n
asked to confer with the Capital City
Driving club as to a racing track '•n
the river, reported that he had v-er.
some of the members of the club Satur
day and learned that a three-quarter
mile track would be necessary in order
to secure enjoyable racing. This could
be maintained at an expense not great
er than $75 for the season and the horse
owners would expect the association to
offer small prizes such as whips and
blankets to !ve competed for. These,
would probahiy create an additional